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Allowed23 December 20243344326

Felixstowe Adventure Golf, 14 Sea Road, Felixstowe, IP11 2BB

Planning appeal 3344326 at Felixstowe Adventure Golf, 14 Sea Road, Felixstowe, IP11 2BB (East Suffolk) was allowed on 23 December 2024 by Inspector Pannell G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is appropriate, having regard to the sequential based approach to the location of development in a flood zone.

Commercial and Leisure spaces at ground floor and 14 flats on upper floors

Authority
East Suffolk
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Pannell G
Postcode
IP11 2BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development is appropriate, having regard to the sequential based approach to the location of development in a flood zone

What decided it

The appellant successfully demonstrated through an updated sequential test that there were no reasonably available or suitable alternative sites in sequentially preferable locations with lower flood risk within the agreed search area.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
SCLP9.5SCLP12.3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 170Paragraph 173Paragraph 219

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